Current Questions, Unfinished Thinking.
Once each month, participants are invited into a live conversation with Alan and a Movemental peer—making space for current questions, unfinished thinking, and direct interaction around the work.
Apostolic Architecture in Post-Christendom Neighborhoods
Alan and Brad explore the practical frictions church leaders face when transitioning from attractional models to apostolic networks. How do fivefold dynamics take root in everyday community architecture?
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Live gatherings bring you closer to Alan's work and put you in the room with him.
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Members guide the direction of every session. Share what you are currently confronting in your church, network, or field context.
Explore Previous Live Rooms
Every monthly gathering is recorded and indexed for members, accompanied by curated reading references and conceptual summaries.
The Fivefold Ecosystem and Cultural Exegesis
Danielle StricklandNavigating prophetic truth-telling with apostolic endurance in divided cultural climates.
- •Prophetic clarity without pastoral containment causes leadership burnout.
- •Cultural exegesis requires listening before prescribing systemic remedies.
- •Fivefold teams function as an ecosystem rather than isolated roles.
The Dynamics of Spiritual Authority and Metanoia
Deb HirschHow personal repentance (metanoia) serves as the indispensable precursor to systemic church renewal.
- •Movements stall when leadership structures mimic bureaucratic control.
- •Relational holiness and community hospitality as primary apostolic weapons.
Reimagining Missional Movement in the Modern West
Reflecting on 20 years since The Shaping of Things to Come and what the next decade demands of missional leaders.
- •Incarnational vs. attractional presence in secular urban centers.
- •The recovery of third-place communal engagement.